"No, I've asked for leave. If I don't go back early, I'll get scolded again." Noel shook his head.
"What a pity! I was thinking of getting you to join us so we can complete the research together. If we had Noel's fighting power, the plan would have gone much more smoothly!" Esina sighed.
"You'd better give up that unrealistic idea as soon as possible. Seriously, can't you come back with me? Given your status in the Knights Templar, I think the captain will forgive you." Noel persuaded.
"You'd better give up this idea. I will never go back until the research is completed." Aisina replied.
"You should know that the Knights will not let traitors go unpunished. If this continues, there will be a battle between you and me sooner or later," Noel warned.
"Then I will make your death more pleasant." Aisina said with a smile.
"Me too." Noelle said, and disappeared in a flash.
Chapter 13: The Defeat of the Female Elf Knight CG
After eating the roast pork, it was getting dark and it was too late to return to the cabin for the night.
So Isidor and Esna slept on the ground next to the fire, and they took turns to keep watch to prevent monsters from attacking.
Isidor was in charge of the first half of the night. He was not feeling tired at all. After watching Esna fall asleep, he picked up the stick and started practicing in the open space.
After practicing for a while, he suddenly felt a chill on his back. Before he could turn around, a cold sword was placed on his neck.
The evening breeze blew, and a strand of silver hair flew in front of Isidor's eyes, making him immediately understand the identity of the visitor.
Isidor knew that the other party had no intention of killing, otherwise, with her personality, she would have done it long ago. Why would she wait until now?
So he said calmly, "Noelle, I didn't expect to see you again so soon."
"Yeah, I forgot to say hello just now, so I came back to say hello again." Noel said as he put away his sword.
"Your way of greeting is really unique." Isidor turned around and saw that Noel had changed his clothes and the blood on his body had been washed off.
If you look closely, Noelle seems to be a little more beautiful than Esuna, but she lacks the feminine charm.
Both of them are beautiful, but Noelle's beauty is colder and more aggressive; while Esna gives people a gentle and quiet feeling.
"Esna just said that you stepped forward to save her. Is that true?" Noelle asked.
"I guess so. Actually, I was trying to save myself at the time. I had no choice but to do so due to the situation." Isidor replied.
"Even so, you are still a person who has done a favor to Esna. The Noldor Knights will repay kindness with revenge. I will give you a gift on her behalf as an indirect way to repay her favor." Noel said, holding up a strand of her long hair and cutting it off at the root with the sword.
Isidor didn't know what she was going to do, so he just stood aside and waited.
Noelle threw the broken sword aside and deftly fiddled with her broken hair with her hands, and in a moment she had braided it into an "8" shaped knot.
“Keep it on your body. Although it won’t be as effective as my body fluids, it can still make you immune to some low-level negative effects.” Noelle said, handing the knot to Isidor.
"You just said that this is considered as repaying the favor to Esina. Do you mean that after repaying the favor, you will kill her?" Isidor asked without untying the knot.
"Go ahead and take it. I won't kill Esuna without a direct order from the Knights. On the other hand, if the Knights have decided to execute the traitor, I won't be lenient because of personal feelings." Noelle replied.
"Then I'll take it." After hearing this, Isidor carefully put away the knot. It was never too much to carry such a life-saving thing.
"I feel like you're a pretty good person. Not as dangerous as Esina said." Isidor said casually.
“Whether I am dangerous or not depends on whether you are the enemy of the Knights.” Noel said coldly and disappeared from the spot again.
"What a dangerous guy." Isidor let out a long sigh. Although he knew that the other party would not kill him, the feeling of his life being threatened was real.
After a night, Isidor and Esna returned to the cabin by the stream.
As soon as she returned to the room, Esna began to study the spell on the golden wine glass without stopping. She copied the incomprehensible words on paper and then tried to translate them.
Isidor also looked at this trophy with great curiosity:
The wine glass is very large, even larger than the Hercules Trophy in the football world. The entire glass is densely engraved with spells, probably thousands of words.
There are seven animal heads of different shapes carved on the rim of the wine glass, which raise their heads greedily as if coveting the wine in the glass; and the base of the glass has ten protruding sharp corners, probably for the purpose of stabilizing the structure.
Isidor looked at it for a long time but couldn't figure out what it was, so he asked, "Esina, how is your research going? What is written on this cup?"
"I can't understand the specific content at the moment, but I can be sure that the text is ancient demon language." Aisina replied.
"Ancient demon language?"
"Yes, it is a language with the same ancient history as the Ancient Elven Language. But at least there are still documents circulating about the Ancient Elven Language, while the Ancient Demon Language was completely lost with the extinction of the demons. It is very difficult to decipher these words, and I can only try to guess their meaning." Eisna explained.
"So there are demons in this world. I don't remember seeing such a thing at all," said Isidor.
"That's natural. The history of the demons ended thousands of years ago. At that time, three powerful warriors searched the entire world and killed the last remnants of the demons. This was known in history as 'Three Men Killing Demons.' From then on, there were no more demons in the world." said Esina.
"But the monster we met in the goblin's nest seemed to call himself the Demon Lord," Isidor reminded.
"Yes, I have been thinking about this as well. I always feel that there is a huge secret hidden behind this. It is not only about the decline of the elves, but also related to the extinction of the demons, the deterioration of the goblins and other events. If things go wrong, it may be a shocking conspiracy involving the entire world." said Esina.
"Then you better keep working hard. I'm going to take a nap." Isidor spread his hands.
After waking up, Esna was still studying the wine glass at the table. Isidor yawned and asked, "Are you still not done? When are we going to eat?"
"If you're bored, go take a look at this." Without even looking up, Esina threw an exquisite crystal ball to Isidor.
"What's the what-if?" Isidor asked, holding the ball in front of his eyes.
"At this time, the memory crystal can use magic to record the surrounding images and sounds. As long as magic power is injected, it can connect with the user's memory." Esna explained.
"Hey, this thing is great. What is recorded in it?" Isidor asked.
"This is the story of me rescuing the female elves trapped in the goblin's nest. These elves underestimated the goblins and acted alone during the crusade. As a result, they accidentally stepped into the trap and were captured one by one by the goblins. Then came the plot that you goblins love to see." said Esina.
After hearing this, Isidor couldn't help but reveal an evil smile - he didn't expect that there would be pornographic movies in the other world, and they were classic themes such as elves and goblins. Esina really understood it.
"Ah, the CG of the female elf's defeat? I'm not interested in this thing, but it can be used as a reference." Isidor said, and returned to his room with the crystal ball.
Chapter 14: Leaving without Saying Goodbye
The sun set, and the night gradually engulfed the entire sky. Under the vast night sky, Isidor finished reading the contents of the Poké Ball.
[Ghost value increased to 160]
[Evolution potential has been increased to LV6]
With a light prompt sound, Isidor's ghost value increased by 50 points at once. As far as I can remember, this is the first time that the ghost value has increased so much at once.
"Hey, are you okay? This dinner is a celebratory banquet that I carefully prepared. It would be a shame if you couldn't eat it." Esna kicked Isidor's butt and said.
"I really shouldn't have let you instigate me to watch this kind of thing. It's too... too weird! You actually kept this kind of thing. Oh my God..." Isidor said while retching.
Although Isidor also boasted that he had read countless books and had read some heavy plots, it was after all the content in the animation. Compared with real people, the impact was greatly alleviated.
Isidor had thoroughly witnessed the cruelty and rudeness of the goblins towards women this time. If these elves were not trained female knights, they would have probably collapsed before the rescue arrived.
"Sorry, sorry, it was my negligence. I thought your resistance to evil must have reached the maximum level long ago." Esina apologized while patting Isidor on the back.
"Don't you have magic to erase memories? Please give me one." Isidor turned around and said.
"We don't have magic to erase memories, but we can consider it," Eisna replied.
"Don't misinterpret my meaning." Isidor stood up despite the discomfort, looked at the boundless starry sky, took several deep breaths, and finally suppressed his confused emotions.
"Think about something happy. Tonight's dinner is pork chops with wine. Do you want to eat?" said Esina.
"Absolutely!" Isidor said firmly.
The food for the celebration banquet was indeed very different from usual ones. The pork was bought from the human town, and the meat was much more delicious than the wild boar caught in the forest. The wine was Esna's collection, and each bottle was very valuable, but she rarely drank it.
But today, Esna acted out of character. She emptied the entire wine cellar in one go and got drunk with Isidor.
After eating and drinking, Isidor went to bed contentedly.
This was probably the happiest day he had had since he was reincarnated into this world.
The next morning, Isidor woke up full of energy and habitually went to the dining table to wait for Esina to bring breakfast.
However, despite this stimulation, Aisina did not show up.
Isidor thought: Esna usually wakes up early, but maybe she drank too much yesterday and had a hangover, so she didn't get up.
Thinking of this, Isidor fried an egg like Esna did, chopped off a piece of baguette left over from a few days ago with an axe, dug a hole with a chisel, poured pea soup into it, and sprinkled a little salt and chopped vegetable leaves.
When he knocked on Esna's door with this simple breakfast, he found it ajar.
He pushed the door open and saw that the room was exceptionally clean. The clothes were washed and hung by the sunny window, the bed was neatly made, and even perfumed.
But the bed was empty at this moment, with only a thin note left.
Isidor hurriedly picked up the note. The handwriting on it was beautiful and elegant, and it was obviously Esna's handwriting:
"I'm sorry for leaving without saying goodbye. The money is in the box under the bed, the food and other supplies are in the warehouse, and the fruit trees in the garden are enough for self-sufficiency.
I'm about to do something dangerous, a life-threatening thing, and there's no need to risk your life for it.
You are a brave goblin and very smart, better and more reliable than many humans and elves I have been with.
With your abilities, you will be able to live a good life.
Forget me! Isidor. Although I really like to joke, this is not a joke.
——Former member of the Noldor Knights: Silver-eyed Esna
Isidor felt mixed emotions after reading this. Esina's arrangement for him was both a protection and a contempt.
Disregard for one's own strength.
Unfortunately, this contempt is extremely correct because I am indeed very weak.
The battle in the goblin's lair made Isidor deeply feel his own weakness.
When facing ordinary goblins, he can still fight; but when facing stronger enemies, his strength seems so insignificant.
Not to mention the arm monster encountered in the nest, even the giant bear encountered in the forest, he is not sure of defeating it now.
Esna left him a self-sufficient paradise, but for Isidor, he could not accept a life of escape because of his weakness.
Isidor clenched his fists tightly and vowed to become stronger and control his own destiny as he wished.
Thinking of this, Isidor opened the box under the bed and began to check the supplies left by Esna.
He found a map and saw that there was a small town called "Grimdor" in the north of the forest. This town did not belong to any country and its main residents were humans and subhumans. If he disguised himself as a dwarf, it should not be difficult to sneak in.
Thinking of this, Isidor found a hat that could cover his pointed ears and dressed up in the style of a dwarf. He found dozens of silver coins from the box, toasted a few baguettes as dry food, and then embarked on a journey of experience.
The area north of the forest was a vast wasteland. Isidor walked for half a day but did not see a single person.
He felt a little tired, so he found a place sheltered from the wind to sit down and rest, then took out a baguette and started to chew it.
Unexpectedly, after he had taken a few bites, he heard a sudden howling from all around. Isidor quickly stood up and saw that seven or eight wild wolves had surrounded him at some point.
The bodies of these wolves seemed to be translucent, emitting a deep blue color. They did not look like ordinary wild beasts, but rather some kind of wolf-shaped monsters.
A wild wolf in the front left launched a tentative attack, and Isidor quickly swung his baguette and hit it head-on to repel it.
Seeing that Isidor had some skills, the wolves did not dare to approach him for a while, but just circled around him, as if looking for a chance to attack.
Isidor did not dare to delay. He held up the baguette, stared at the wolf leader, and observed his every move.
At this moment, three horse-drawn carriages were seen rushing towards this side with a cloud of dust rising from behind.
When the wolves saw more people coming, they quickly scattered. Isidor breathed a sigh of relief and put away the baguette.
The convoy stopped beside Isidor, and a middle-aged man with a kind face jumped out of the carriage and asked, "Mr. Dwarf, are you okay?"
Sure enough, the uncle I met for the first time thought I was a dwarf. It seems that my dressing was quite successful.
Thinking of this, Isidor couldn't help but smile: "It's okay, thanks to you guys coming here, otherwise it would be troublesome."
"There are a lot of monsters on this road, and it's too dangerous to go alone. We are a caravan going to Grimdor for business. If you are going the same way, why not give us a ride?" the uncle invited.
"Yes, yes! Dwarf brother, you should come along too. I'm so bored in the car alone." A little girl leaned her head out of the window and said to Isidor.
Isidor weighed the pros and cons secretly: the uncle in front of him didn't look like a bad person, and it would be two days' journey from here to Grimdor. It would undoubtedly be much more convenient to take a carriage.
"Thank you very much. I happen to be going to Grimdor as well. If I can give you a ride, I'm willing to pay for it." Isidor nodded.
"There's no need to charge. Travelers on the road should support each other. Besides, if there's one more person, it will be safer." The uncle smiled kindly.
Chapter 15: Meet the scaly bear again, hypnosis, start!
Just as Isidor was about to board the carriage, a young man carrying a heavy sword suddenly blocked his way.
"Hey, uncle, are you kidding me? Bringing this kind of guy with unknown origin will cause a lot of trouble to my security work!" The man turned to the uncle and said in an extremely impatient tone.
